You don’t lose billions of dollars without putting a lot of thought behind it. Chrysler seemed to have had a solid plan in effect over the last few years that consist of manufacturing overlapping body doubles. Bob Nardelli is getting out one of his old Home Depot hammers to take another swing at the production line. The most likely candidates to enter the Cerberus crusher will come out of these twofers. Who shall live and who shall die?

One new crossover seems to already be DOA. The mysterious code named JZ49, Chrysler brand’s proposed version of the forthcoming Dodge Journey crossover may have already been cut. I guess the camouflage is really a body bag.

One does not have to hone their observation skills to see that the Dodge Nitro looks like the Jeep Liberty…

Or is it that the Liberty looks like the Nitro?

Dodge Durango dressed in full Chrysler getup….

is called an Aspen.

The Jeep Patriot..

like the Jeep Compass…

brings Jeep styling to the Dodge Caliber platform.

But wait a minute, the Patriot looks like the Liberty, or the Compass!

Dodge Avenger/Chrysler Sebring. I know one has a hot/cold cup holder.

Editor’s note: several hours after this post, our sources report that the Journey is indeed headed for production.